2016 ACA Summit in Philadelphia
The event agenda is listed below and includes all speaker and session materials provided to ACA. We will include more materials as they are made available.
Event Resources:
Monday, May 9:
- International Exchange:
- Welcome and Introduction – John May, Wendee Wolfson, Katie O’Brien
- What’s Happening in Developed Markets
- Update from Spain – Angels and New Players and EBAN Countries Update – Presentation – Albert Colomer Espinet, Antoni Abad, Candace Johnson
- The Nordic Countries – Expanding the Base, Angels and others – Presentation – Esben Gadsbøll, Jan D. Oker-Blom
- Crowdfunding in Europe – Comparing State of the Art with the US – Presentation – Richard Harrison, Krista Tuomi, Philippe Gluntz
- Growing Markets
- A Report from Latin America – Presentation – Lourdes Gisela Romero Gomez, Santiago Reyes, Leonardo Viega, Adrian Magendzo Weinberger
- Global Connections
- Knowledge Sharing – “Angels Without Borders” – Presentation – Mannie Liu, John May
- What Hath WBAA Wrought? Why It’s GBAN! – Jonathan Ortmans, Candace Johnson, John May
- Corporate Office Hours – Dow, Independence Blue Cross, Sabic
- Angel Returns – The 2016 Study Results – Presentation – Rob Wiltbank
- Annual Members Meeting – Presentation
- Getting Deals Funded: Trends in Syndication – Presentation – Howard Lubert, Ken Gatz, Dan Mazzucco
- Best Metrics for Recruiting and Retaining Angel Group Members – Presentation by Rick Timmins and Presentation by Jeff Stoler
Tuesday, May 10:
- Preview: The American Angel Campaign – Presentation – Laura Huang
- Getting Members to Lead Deals and Do It Well – Presentation – Nathan McDonald
- Building Exit Value for Strategic Buyers – Presentation – Craig Mullett, Meredith Haviland
- Tax Issues That Matter for Angels – Presentation – Jeff Snellenburg, Jeffrey Kelson
- Demystifying Due Diligence – Presentation – Tony Shipley, Marcia Dawood, Stephen Baggott, Ryan Udell
- Exiting the Un-Exitables – Presentation – Parker MacDonell, John Harbison, Michael Kindrat-Pratt
- Luncheon, Awards and Keynotes Mark Walsh and Brad Feld – Luis Villalobos – Hans Severiens – Dave Berkus, Ken Gatz, Mark Walsh, Brad Feld
- Innovation Showcase (Company Information – see also below for full individual listing)
- Insights on an Emerging and High Growth Sector for Angels – Legal Cannabis – Presentation – Francis Priznar, Erick Brimen
Wednesday, May 11:
- Breakfast Briefing – Deal Sourcing in Canada Eh! – Sponsored by the Canadian Consulate – Presentation – Ela Borenstein, Michael Cain, Ross Finlay, Catherine Mott
- Structured Exits – A Better Mousetrap? – Presentation – David Gitlin, John May
- The Great Convertible Note Debate – What New Angels Need to Know – Presentation – David Sorin, John Huston, Annarie Lyles
- Ways to Attract More Women to Angel Investing – Presentation – Linda Smith, Loretta McCarthy, Archna Sahay
- Keynote Presentation – Fabrice Grinda – Presentation
- Keynote Presentation – Howard Morgan – Presentation
Innovation Showcase Company Presentations
- 360Medlink Inc.
- Abom, Inc.
- Acceleration Systems
- Advanced Absorbent Technologies, LLC
- ARC Healthcare Solutions
- AsclepiX Therapeutics
- AxumBio
- BioDetego
- Biomecite Diagnostics, LLC
- BioSignal Analytics, Inc.
- Care Progress, LLC
- Codelucida, LLC
- Court Innovations Inc.
- Cyclica Inc.
- D3 Unified Communications
- emocha Mobile Health Inc.
- Endomedix, Inc.
- EnzoNano LLC
- Excision BioTherapeutics
- Feldan Therapeutics
- fitDEGREE
- Fitly Inc.
- Genoverde Biosciences
- GraphWear Technologies Inc.
- i-Human Patients, Inc.
- Keiretsu Capital
- Kineta, Inc.
- Legal Science, LLC
- LumiThera, Inc.
- LytPhage, Inc
- MediCoupe
- Menon Laboratories, Inc.
- Mozzaz
- Navillum Nanotechnologies
- nView medical
- OcuMedic, Inc.
- Orange Maker
- OtoNexus Medical Technologies, Inc.
- Pulse Infoframe
- Renerge, Inc.
- RistCall LLC
- Roadiy
- Sonavex, Inc.
- Tassl
- UnaliWear
- US Nano LLC
- WatchRx, Inc.
- WhoseYourLandlord, Inc
- ZSX Medical, LLC